diff --git a/gstlal/debian/control.in b/gstlal/debian/control.in
index 2146a9046cdf2c0e111898d70af085b2ba6bd96d..f7b1bd9ece8e59a53fdb1bf6b33e093457ae6503 100644
--- a/gstlal/debian/control.in
+++ b/gstlal/debian/control.in
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
  python3-gst-1.0,
  python3-dqsegdb2 (>= @MIN_DQSEGDB2_VERSION@),
  python3-gwdatafind (>= @MIN_GWDATAFIND_VERSION@),
+ python3-jinja2,
  python3-lal (>= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@),
  python3-ligo-lw (>= @MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION@),
  python3-ligo-segments (>= @MIN_LIGO_SEGMENTS_VERSION@),
diff --git a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
index 1ac89ce8697bb9919a530d3c3019cfce94d3ac81..d06964cb463aebf505de0246c902eec36233b8bc 100644
--- a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion} >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-dataclasses
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{gstreamername}
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-gobject >= @MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION@
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-jinja2
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-numpy >= @MIN_NUMPY_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pluggy >= @MIN_PLUGGY_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-scipy